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Newcastle United are better equipped for the Champions League this season with a stronger squad and are ready for a “magical” night when they host Spanish powerhouse Barcelona in their ...

Ange Postecoglou suffered his second successive defeat since taking over as Nottingham Forest manager as his side conceded twice in stoppage time to lose 3-2 at second-tier Swansea City in ...

Paris St Germain, Liverpool, Inter Milan, and Bayern Munich — all began their campaigns with wins. The results reinforced the gulf between clubs entering as favorites and those still finding their ...

A wasteful Olympiakos could only manage a 0-0 home draw against 10-man Pafos, who emerged as defensive heroes in their Champions League opener on Wednesday. Pafos faced a big challenge ...

Australian teenager Gout Gout said he felt right at home in his first senior outing on the global stage after clocking 20.33 seconds to finish third in his 200 metres heat on ...

Villarreal midfielder Thomas Partey on Wednesday appeared in a London court and pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault involving three women. Partey, a Ghana international, is ...

A quarter of a century after waving Jose Mourinho out of the door, Benfica look to have finally coaxed the ‘Special One’ back – gambling that the sorcery which lit up ...

Pafos FC will face Greek side Olympiacos in their historic Champions League debut tonight in Piraeus, with kick-of at 7.45pm. The match will be broadcast by Cytavision. The Cyprus champions ...

Liverpool’s British record signing Alexander Isak will be in the squad when they kick off their Champions League campaign against Atletico Madrid, manager Arne Slot said on Tuesday. While ...

German champions Bayern Munich are not desperate to slap a favourites or underdog tag on their Champions League title chances this season but are going into their league-phase opener against ...

Arsenal began their Champions League campaign with a 2-0 win away to Athletic Bilbao on Tuesday, with Gabriel Martinelli making an immediate impact from the bench to open the scoring ...

Kenya’s peerless Faith Kipyegon underlined her status as one of the greatest athletes of all time when she convincingly claimed a fourth 1,500 metres world title on Tuesday to go ...

It was always a matter of when, not if, Thomas Frank landed one of the top jobs in European soccer, according to Pep Guardiola, and on Tuesday the new Tottenham ...

Real Madrid begin their bid for a record-extending 16th European Cup on Tuesday at home to Olympique de Marseille with coach Xabi Alonso insisting Kylian Mbappe is not impatient to ...

Arsenal suffered the deep disappointment of a Champions League semi-final exit last season, and ahead of a new campaign manager Mikel Arteta wants to use the lessons learned to change ...

Football players are lining up for a fiery kick – not on the pitch, but in the form of a searing shot of olive oil from Cyprus. The peppery, throat-burning liquid ...

Mondo Duplantis lit up the third night of the Tokyo world championships when he broke the pole vault world record for the 14th time with a jump of 6.30 metres after ...

Terence Crawford clinched a unanimous victory over Saul Canelo Alvarez to become the undisputed super middleweight champion in a thrilling contest at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday. Crawford ...

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim was defiant in the face of growing criticism after his side were dismantled 3-0 by crosstown rivals Manchester City in Sunday’s Premier League derby ...

England battered neighbours Scotland to keep their Women’s World Cup juggernaut rolling on, running in six tries in a lopsided 40-8 victory on Sunday to reach the semi-finals and ...

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard won the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday but was denied crossing the line in triumph as the 21st and final stage of the trouble-hit three-week race ...

Germany pulled off a stunning 88-83 victory over Turkey on Sunday to win the EuroBasket title for the first time since 1993, with point guard Dennis Schroeder draining a late jump ...

Manchester City’s goal-scoring machine Erling Haaland struck twice in a 3-0 Premier League thrashing of Manchester United on Sunday, giving Pep Guardiola’s side bragging rights in the latest ...

Mohamed Salah’s dramatic stoppage-time penalty ensured Liverpool maintained their winning start to the Premier League season with a 1-0 victory at promoted side Burnley on Sunday. With British record ...